Question
The 2016 sci-fi film Arrival builds on the time perception aspect of this theory. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this theory, which states that linguistic structure influences one’s worldviews, thoughts, and perceptions.
ANSWER: Sapir-Whorf hypothesis [prompt on linguistic relativity]
[10h] George Lakoff (“LAY-koff”) used the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis to argue that language often employs these constructs. Lakoff co-authored a book with Mark Johnson titled [these things] We Live By.
ANSWER: metaphors [or conceptual metaphors; accept Metaphors We Live By]
[10e] The impact of linguistic relativity led Eric Lenneberg to uncover the fact that the Zuni have one term for two of these things. In Syntactic Structures, Noam Chomsky devised a meaningless sentence about “ideas” described by two conflicting adjectives for these things that “sleep furiously.”
ANSWER: colors [accept “colorless green ideas sleep furiously”]
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Summary
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